Poll \Poll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Polling.]
1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or
end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head;
to poll a tree.
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When he [Absalom] pollled his head. --2 Sam. xiv.
26.
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His death did so grieve them that they polled
themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's
hairs. --Sir T.
North.
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2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow
or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to
poll wool; to poll grass.
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Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he
had decreed
That all the counsels of their war he would poll off
like it. --Chapman.
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3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.]
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Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise.
--Spenser.
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4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs.]
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5. To pay as one's personal tax.
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The man that polled but twelve pence for his head.
--Dryden.
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6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to
enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by
one.
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Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize
in number those of his three kingdoms. --Milton.
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7. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call
forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes
more than his opponent.
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And poll for points of faith his trusty vote.
--Tickell.
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8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight
line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee?
poll. --Burrill.
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To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to
answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict
which has been rendered.
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Poll \Poll\, n. [Gr. ? the many, the rabble.]
One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a
degree merely; a passman. [Cambridge Univ., Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poll \Poll\, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a
bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown
of a hat.]
1. The head; the back part of the head. "All flaxen was his
poll." --Shak.
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2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of
heads or individuals.
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We are the greater poll, and in true fear
They gave us our demands. --Shak.
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The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life,
amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. --Shak.
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3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who
may vote in an election.
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4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered
electors; as, the close of the poll.
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All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . .
and not to return till one day after the poll is
ended. --Blackstone.
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5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to
go to the polls.
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6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
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7. (Zool.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3
(a) .
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Poll book, a register of persons entitled to vote at an
election.
Poll evil (Far.), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a
horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the
neck.
Poll pick (Mining), a pole having a heavy spike on the end,
forming a kind of crowbar.
Poll tax, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation
tax.
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poll
n 1: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a
random sample of people [syn: poll, opinion poll,
public opinion poll, canvass]
2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]
3: the part of the head between the ears
4: a tame parrot [syn: poll, poll parrot]
5: the counting of votes (as in an election)
v 1: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
[syn: poll, canvass, canvas]
2: vote in an election at a polling station
3: get the votes of
4: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll,
pollard]

poll
v.,n.
1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line, sensor,
or memory location to see if a particular external event has been
registered.
2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: ?I keep polling him, but he's
not answering his phone; he must be swapped out.?
3. To ask. ?Lunch? I poll for a takeout order daily.?

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (18 March 2015):

poll
polling
sniff
To check the status of an input line, sensor, or memory
location to see if a particular external event has been
registered.
Contrast interrupt.
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Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

POLL. A head. Hence poll tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at
so much a head. 2. To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall
himself declare what is his verdict. This may be done at the instance of
either party, at any time before the verdict is recorded. 3 Cowen, R. 23.
See 18 John. R. 188. See Deed Poll.